Employment Resources for Diverse Populations

A number of employers offer special recruiting opportunities for diverse populations. A few important things to know:

• Each employer will specify who qualifies for their diversity recruiting programs. Opportunities are often available for candidates who identify as: women, persons of color, underrepresented populations, LGBTQ+, and persons with disabilities.
• Sometimes these diversity initiatives are specific events (workshops, one-day events, preview programs, conferences) and sometimes there are postings for specific positions.
• This list is not exhaustive and will be updated periodically as our team learns of more opportunities. If you learn of a program that is not included, let us know: [email protected].
• GW’s Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement Office also has a wealth of resources including tools for students.

Resources That Can Assist in Evaluating Employers

Please note: be sure to review the evaluation criteria for each of these resources.

• Diversity Inc. Top 50 Companies for Diversity
• DiversityComm, Inc
• Forbes Best Employers For Diversity List: Top 500
• Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index
• Neurodiversity Career Connector

Programs/Organizations That Span Multiple Sectors

• Affirmative Action Jobs Career Website
• Diversity.com: Jobs postings from diversity employers
• DiversityJobs: Job board and career advice
• Forte Foundation: programs for women motivated to rise up in business
  • Undergrad Conferences:
    • College to Business Leadership Conference
    • College Fast Track to Finance Conference
    • Women of Color College Leadership Conference
  • MBA Events:
    • MBA Forums
    • MBA Leadership Conference
    • MBA Financial Services FAST Track
• INROADS: mission is to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry and prepare them for corporate and community leadership
• IMDiversity - Job board and career advice
• Insight Into Diversity:  Diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education and beyond
• Jopwell: the leading career advancement platform for Black, Latinx, and Native American students and professionals
• The Lime Network: an exclusive resource for university students, and professionals – including veterans – who happen to have disabilities
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT): MLT’s distinctive model provides the know-how, navigation systems and network to ensure talented underrepresented minorities are able to get on and stay on the path to senior leadership.
• Out for Undergrad: offers 4 unique conferences for high-achieving LGBTQ+ students
  • O4U Business
  • O4U Engineering
  • O4U Marketing
  • O4U Tech
• SEO Career: recruits and trains high achieving Black, Hispanic and Native American college students for challenging summer internships that lead to coveted full-time jobs

Arts, Media and Communication

• AAAA Multicultural Advertising Internship Program
• AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship
• BRAG Summer Institute Program
• Getty Foundation Multicultural Undergraduate Internship
• Jon R. Tuttle Journalism and Production Minority Internship
• Kaiser Media Internship in Urban Public Health Reporting
• Smithsonian Research Fellowships and Internships
• T. Howard Foundation

Business Schools

• Harvard Business School: Summer Venture in Management Program
• Stanford Business School: Stanford MBA Future Leaders Program
• Wharton: Diversity Visit Days

Financial Services

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Careers Launchpad Diversity & Inclusion Forum
• Barclays: Undergraduate programs:
  • Functions Inside Track Series Diversity Program
  • ModernGuild Finance Accelerator Diversity Program
  • Sophomore Springboard Diversity Program
  • Technology Inside Track Series Diversity Program
• MBA programs:
  • Ambition Diversity Program
• Credit Suisse:
  • Sophomore Diversity Program
  • Women’s Mentor Program
  • MBA Fellowship Program
• Goldman Sachs:
  • Diverse Abilities
  • Engineering Essentials
  • HBCU Leadership Summit
  • Hispanic Latino Leadership Summit
  • MBA Diversity Symposium
  • MBA Fellowship
  • MBA Roundtables
  • MBA Women’s Symposium
  • Pride Summit
  • Scholarship for Excellence
  • Undergraduate Camp
  • Women’s Leadership Camp
• JP Morgan:
  • Launching Leaders – Undergraduate
  • Proud to Be – MBA
  • Sophomore Edge
  • Winning Women – MBA
  • Winning Women – Undergraduate
• Milliman:
  • Milliman’s Opportunity Scholarship
• Morgan Stanley:
  • Black, Hispanic, and Native American Early Insights Program
  • Career Discovery Day
  • Freshman Enhancement Program
  • LGBT+ Early Insights Program
  • MBA Early Insights Program
  • Richard B. Fisher Scholarship Program
  • Women Early Insights Program
• UBS:
  • Sophomore Diversity Program
• Wells Fargo:
  • Corporate & Investment Banking Freshman Diversity Finance Forum
  • Corporate & Investment Banking Undergraduate Diversity Forum
  • Early Talent: Junior Leaders Program
  • Early Talent: Sophomore Leaders Conference

Higher Education

• INSIGHT Into Diversity Career Center (higher education online diversity job board)
• Academic Diversity Search, Inc. (Connecting women and minorities with Academic Institutions)
• Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education (Informing Hispanics navigate higher education as a student and/or university professional)
• DiverseJobs.net (Diverse career portal for higher education jobs)
• National Employment Minority Network (assists schools and organizations in the identification and recruitment of minority students and professionals)
• Women In Higher Education (news and jobs for women on campus)

Management Consulting

• Accenture: Student Empowerment Program
• Deloitte:
  • Discovery Internship (sophomores)
  • Pioneer Internship (freshmen)
• McKinsey: First Year Leadership Academy

Politics & Policy

• Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership Internship Program (CAPAL)
• Congressional Black Caucus Internship Program  
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Congressional Internship
• Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute
• Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities National Internship Program
• League of United Latin American Citizens Internships(LULAC)
• Thomas Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
• PPIA (Public Policy and International Affairs) Junior Summer Institute
• NCAI Wilma Mankiller Fellowship Program for Tribal Policy & Governance 

Technology

• APS/IBM Research Internships for Underrepresented Minority Students
• Google: 
  • BOLD Internship Program
  • Engineering Practicum Internship
  • Scholarships
• Lesbians Who Tech + Allies New York Leadership Summit
• Quality Education for Minorities Internship Program

DACAmented & Undocumented

• Act On a Dream
• Act On a Dream: Scholarship Database
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center
• Immigrants Rising
• Life After College: A Guide for Undocumented Students, Published by Educators for Fair Consideration
• My Undocumented Life: Graduate School Student Resources
• NAKASEC: Scholarship Directory
• National Immigration Law Center
• Scholarships Open to Undocumented Students
• TheDream.US
• The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
• The President's Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
• Undocublack Network
• United We Dream: Tools & Resources

LGBTQIA+ Resources

General Resources

• American Civil Liberties Union – Lesbian Gay & Transgender Project 
• LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Guide: Business Grants and Resources
• GLAD 
• GLAAD 
• Glifaa (LGBT+ Pride in Foreign Affairs Agencies)
• GLSEN 
• The Human Rights Campaign 
• Lambda Legal
• myGwork
• Out & Equal Workplace Advocates 
• Out Professionals
• Movement Advancement Project
• PFLAG 
• Pride@Work 
• The Pipeline Project 
• HRC Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality 
• TransCanWork
• The Trevor Project 
• Victory Institute

Job and Internship Search Resources

• CenterLink LGBT Jobs and Careers Board

• LGBT Careerlink 
• Out Professionals 
• LGBT Connect 
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Internship Program 
• Victory Fund 
• PFLAG Internships 
• National Center for Transgender Equality

Disability Resources

• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Summer Internship Programs 
• AbilityJobs - Job Site
• Disability Rights guide (DOL)
• disABLEDperson, Inc. - Job Board
• Emerging Leaders Internship Program for College Students with Disabilities
• Getting Hired - Job board for student, veteran, and professional job seekers with disabilities to search for inclusive opportunities with employer partners
• Job Accommodation Network - Online resources and free consulting regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and workplace accommodation
• Know Your Rights: Disability Rights guide - ACLU
• Learning Disabilities Association of America - Resources
• Lime Connect - Connects students and alumni with disabilities to scholarships, internships, fellowships, and full-time opportunities with corporate partners
• National Business & Disability Council - Employer organization and comprehensive resource for disability best practices
• OPM Selective Placement Program Coordinator Directory
• RespectAbility - Resources 
• U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Fact Sheet
• Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) - Recruitment program that joins federal sector employers with graduates with disabilities for summer or permanent jobs.

Neurodiversity Resources

• Specialisterne - Employment opportunities for people on the autism spectrum and other neurodivergent people
• Autism2Work

Resources for Women: Job, Internship and Funding

• Apres Group
• Fairygodboss
• PowerToFly
• Women For Hire
• U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau
• Equal Rights Advocates
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• InHerSight 
• WomensJobList.com
• Feminist Jobs
• Negotiating Women
• Women Venture
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) Summer Internships
• Open Education Database Scholarships for Women

Professional Association and Networking Groups

• American Association for Access Equity and Diversity (AAAED)
• American Business Women Association
• American Indian Index of Organizations
• American Indian Science and Engineering Society
• Arab-American Business & Professional Association (AABPA)
• Association for Women in Science
• Baha’i Professionals Group
• Buddhist Business Network (BBN)
• Business & Professional Women’s Foundation
• Christian Business Network
• Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
• Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Professionals
• Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
• Emerging Practitioners of Philanthropy People of Color Network
• Enlightened Foundation
• Federally Employed Women
• Global Fund for Women
• Grace Hopper Celebration 
• Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
• Human Rights Campaign
• Institute for Diversity in Health Management
• Institute for Women’s Policy and Research
• Jewish Business Network
• Latpro.com
• Muslim Urban Professionals
• National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) 
• National Association of Asian American Professionals-(NAAAP)
• National Association of Professional Women
• National Forum for Black Public Administrators
• National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• National LGBT Bar Association
• National Organization for Women
• National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
• National Society of Black Engineers
• National Women’s Political Caucus
• Network of Arab-American Professionals (NAAP)
• SACNAS (Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science)
• Society of Women Engineers
• Women In Technology
• Women of Visionary Influence

General U.S. Labor & Employment Resources

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• U.S. Department of Labor
• Anti-Defamation League